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dc.contributor.advisorAllen-Ile, Charles O.K.
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Jacqueline
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T13:03:31Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T13:03:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/4916
dc.descriptionMagister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)en_US
dc.description.abstractJob satisfaction and organisational commitment are two of the most researched organisational behaviour constructs. It is generally agreed that low levels of satisfaction or commitment may result in employees voluntarily ceasing the employee-organisation relationship which results in organisations loosing professional and skilled individuals, which is a potentially crippling factor within any organisation, particularly Governmental Departments who relying on specialist and highly trained and skilled employees. The current study examined the organisational commitment, the level of job satisfaction and the relationship between satisfaction and commitment of fully functionally qualified permanent contract male and female officers on salary Grade C2 to Grade C6, extending across all occupational divisions and classes, namely operational, personnel, logistics, engineering and technical. The sampling technique used was a quantitative non-probability convenience sampling design with the sample consisting of 62 commissioned officers. The majority of the respondents were African with the sample being more representative of males than females. The majority of the respondents were married and between the age of 22 to 29 having at least a 3 year degree or diploma and from the operational occupational class. The respondent’s levels of satisfaction were measured by means of the Job Descriptive Index Questionnaire which measured the five job facets, namely pay, promotion, supervision, co-workers and the nature of work. The study found that respondents were moderately satisfied with their promotion opportunities, followed by the pay they receive. They were however, less satisfied with the supervision they receive, their co-workers and the work itself. Affective, continuance and normative commitment was assessed by means of the Organizational Commitment Scale. The findings of the study found that the respondents had below average levels of organisational commitment across all three components as well as overall commitment. Furthermore, results derived from the research indicated that there was a statistically significant and strong positive correlation between organisational commitment and job satisfaction. Additionally, the results of the study regarding differences between selected demographic variables and the core dependent and independent variable found that there was no statistically significant difference for organisational commitment or job satisfaction scores between males and females and tenure. There was however a statistically significant difference in organisational commitment and job satisfaction for different occupational classes.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectJob satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectOrganisational commitmenten_US
dc.subjectSouth African National Defence Force (SANDF)en_US
dc.titleThe relationship between organisational commitment and job satisfaction of commissioned officers within an arm of the South African National Defence Forceen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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